Hi Chris, Good diagnosis. That fault is probably the most common one I find on grinders. Usually once you have the cord off the machine, if you hold the cord with one hand and pull on the suspected broken core hard with a pair of pliers it will pull right out of the cord, so no guessing where the break was. Often the other core will be weakened at the same point as well. That white connector looks like a previous repair, same with the cable tie, neither are usually in there.
Glad you fixed it, now it will last a long time and your fee is a lot less then what the owner would have to pay for a new grinder. It looked to be easily repairable with no fighting to get it apart.👍
Nicely done. Replacing cords is a repair most tool owners should learn for themselves, I've done it many times. I've made quite a collection of power tools by purchasing old used ones and doing minor repairs. It's quite satisfying. My new favorite task is picking up old battery operated tools and converting them to take modern 20v lithium batteries. Most people where im from simply toss the tool when it develops a problem. I find thrm for 3-5$ in junk shops. Glad to see people in your neck are at least willing to look at getting it repaired.
Had a CONNECTION who came to the shop, so I said, "HI, TACHI!" He was a real LIVE WIRE & I didn't want to BRUSH him off, so I stayed NEUTRAL as I made the SWITCH. You see, I need to stay ACTIVE in Nagambie!
Everyone wishes we had a friend like you.. can i borrow the van, will you take my junk, can you fix my broken stuff.... BUT.. handy folks Def. Get used and abused... how about one of those fix-it Cafe days... so you get one morning a month to bring in stuff that needs fixing.. costs kept to a minimum but proceeds to your shop or a favourite local cause....
when we do a repair cafe ,we just guide the person who bought in the item to repair it themselves.... to give confidence and show that anyone can repair things....
I'd rather do as Melissa suggests and help people help themselves actually! I'm pretty good at saying no to people - but can't usually say no to a job that interests me! 🙄😊
Thanks for the time you put into your videos… I’ve been trying to find where your shop is, in the hope I’m passing someday as I’d love to come and rummage. I looked on Facebook, but couldn’t find an address. Where can I find the address? Thanks
Thanks Julian. The shop is in the main street of Nagambie. If you look up "Sundries too Numerous to Mention" on facebook, you should find my shop page 😊👍
Yeah I know $20 is too cheap Melissa - but I'm happy to encourage people to consider having their items repaired rather than just replacing them. Besides, I make extra from the youtube vids anyways! 😁👍
very common problem with drills and saws etc. This was exactly how i was taught in trade school how to cut the insulation on the cord to get to the coloured cables inside and repair a cord with same issue. I was very impressed with how serviceable the Hitachi is for brushes and cord access, something you don't see that often anymore in the "planned obsolescence" time we live in (there's a good video on that by Veritasium channel here ua-cam.com/video/j5v8D-alAKE/v-deo.html )
In my town they build a massive « transfer station » which is coupled with a workshop to repair and repurpose (mainly furniture) and there is a shop for reselling stuff, a repair café is also in project, link to a video (sorry in French) ua-cam.com/video/DsUNaGpxrtY/v-deo.html
Odd that before put all together ,you didnt test the wiring one more time. Since sometime working tools may have multiple braking. This time you were both clever and lucky......😂
I think a second break is unlikely as once an area flexes enough to break strands of copper, then all of the flex is usually at that point as it's less rigid. Fair point though, it would have only taken a second to retest it.
Hi Chris, Good diagnosis. That fault is probably the most common one I find on grinders.
Usually once you have the cord off the machine, if you hold the cord with one hand and pull on the suspected broken core hard with a pair of pliers it will pull right out of the cord, so no guessing where the break was. Often the other core will be weakened at the same point as well.
That white connector looks like a previous repair, same with the cable tie, neither are usually in there.
Thanks John! Yeah, I did think the connector looked non-original!
Glad you fixed it, now it will last a long time and your fee is a lot less then what the owner would have to pay for a new grinder.
It looked to be easily repairable with no fighting to get it apart.👍
Yep, it's nice to have a straight forward repair job with no complications! 😊
Nicely done. Replacing cords is a repair most tool owners should learn for themselves, I've done it many times. I've made quite a collection of power tools by purchasing old used ones and doing minor repairs.
It's quite satisfying.
My new favorite task is picking up old battery operated tools and converting them to take modern 20v lithium batteries.
Most people where im from simply toss the tool when it develops a problem. I find thrm for 3-5$ in junk shops.
Glad to see people in your neck are at least willing to look at getting it repaired.
Thanks Kayle. I like the idea of battery conversions! I'm planning on looking into failed power tool battery packs at some stage - more to learn yet!
Had a CONNECTION who came to the shop, so I said, "HI, TACHI!" He was a real LIVE WIRE & I didn't want to BRUSH him off, so I stayed NEUTRAL as I made the SWITCH. You see, I need to stay ACTIVE in Nagambie!
Haha. Tachi says Hi back! 🤣
Grats! I normally forget to thread the wire through a cover or grommet... at least once! DOH!
You are human then Martin! We've all been there! 🤣
Everyone wishes we had a friend like you.. can i borrow the van, will you take my junk, can you fix my broken stuff....
BUT.. handy folks Def. Get used and abused... how about one of those fix-it Cafe days... so you get one morning a month to bring in stuff that needs fixing.. costs kept to a minimum but proceeds to your shop or a favourite local cause....
when we do a repair cafe ,we just guide the person who bought in the item to repair it themselves.... to give confidence and show that anyone can repair things....
I'd rather do as Melissa suggests and help people help themselves actually! I'm pretty good at saying no to people - but can't usually say no to a job that interests me! 🙄😊
Nice. The smoke didn't escape. 😆
Keep that smoke in at all costs mate!! 😆
Too easy a fix for you Chris. 👍
I'm happy to take an easy one for a change Alex! 🤣
Nice video good 💯
Many thanks! 😊👍
Thats awesome, easy fix
Thanks FF. Quite common on grinders I believe..
HI Chris. from Minnesota!
Thanks for dropping in 'downunder' John! 👍😊
thats the same problem i got…thanks👍👍👍
Hope you had success with the fix Xara 👍😊
Thank you
Thanks Cynthia! 👍😊
Thanks for the time you put into your videos… I’ve been trying to find where your shop is, in the hope I’m passing someday as I’d love to come and rummage.
I looked on Facebook, but couldn’t find an address. Where can I find the address?
Thanks
Thanks Julian. The shop is in the main street of Nagambie. If you look up "Sundries too Numerous to Mention" on facebook, you should find my shop page 😊👍
$20 is too cheap Chris, just charge $50 at least to diagnose and repair,....your worth that at least 💫
Yeah I know $20 is too cheap Melissa - but I'm happy to encourage people to consider having their items repaired rather than just replacing them. Besides, I make extra from the youtube vids anyways! 😁👍
Landfills hate him! This one weird recycler just can't stop fixing things!
Haha, maybe I should start wearing a cape?! 🤣
very common problem with drills and saws etc. This was exactly how i was taught in trade school how to cut the insulation on the cord to get to the coloured cables inside and repair a cord with same issue. I was very impressed with how serviceable the Hitachi is for brushes and cord access, something you don't see that often anymore in the "planned obsolescence" time we live in (there's a good video on that by Veritasium channel here ua-cam.com/video/j5v8D-alAKE/v-deo.html )
That was a very interesting vid Dean, thanks for the link! 👍😊
In my town they build a massive « transfer station » which is coupled with a workshop to repair and repurpose (mainly furniture) and there is a shop for reselling stuff, a repair café is also in project, link to a video (sorry in French) ua-cam.com/video/DsUNaGpxrtY/v-deo.html
Excellent idea.
Fantastic Retif, there should be more of it! A shame I couldn't get English subtitles on the video!
@@TheUltimateRecycler I posted a message saying they should consider an English version, it’s a nice place yes
Odd that before put all together ,you didnt test the wiring one more time. Since sometime working tools may have multiple braking. This time you were both clever and lucky......😂
I think a second break is unlikely as once an area flexes enough to break strands of copper, then all of the flex is usually at that point as it's less rigid. Fair point though, it would have only taken a second to retest it.